Adam Montiel

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Podcaster, event host and emcee who covers Paso Robles wine country, talking with winemakers, vineyard owners and local entrepreneurs about the people and places across the region's eleven nested AVAs. Hosts Where Wine Takes You, the Paso Wine podcast recorded at SLO CAL Studios in San Luis Obispo County. Also hosts the daily Up + Adam show and The Pour.

Where to Find Them

Adam Montiel hosts Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast .

Recently: “Ep 189 Buttoning Up Harvest 2026: Gary Eberle, Sterling Kragten & a Listener’s Love Letter to Paso” on Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast (October 2026); “Ep 188 Featuring Wine Enthusiast Person of the Year Gretchen Roddick” on Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast (October 2026); “Ep 187 Getting to Know the Geneseo District – Featuring Misty Oaks | Dresser Winery” on Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast (October 2026); “Ep 186 Who Gets Wine’s Attention? What Paso Can Teach Us – Featuring Wine Enthusiast’s Emily Saladino” on Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast (October 2026); “Ep 185 A Dream Written Down: San Miguel District – Featuring Kahal Family Vineyards” on Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast (September 2026); “Ep 184 What Wine Country Makes Possible – Corey Jordan of AMSTRDM & LIBRETTO” on Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast (September 2026).

What They Said

In his opening, the host explains why there's no local wine-news segment this week: the AI tool he uses to research Paso Robles stories now mostly returns transcripts of his own show.

Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast · 2026-10-31 Permalink → Listen →
Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast Around 00:00 into the episode
Adam Montiel

…out and experienced it. So we've got a harvest that kept everybody guessing, a couple of winemakers who know how to roll with the punches, and a guy from Boston who reminds us why we love sharing all of this in the first place. Lots to get into. I am very glad you're here. This is where wine takes you. Well, at the end of Harvest Wine Month, and we've covered a lot of these stories. In fact, as I'm researching for Paso wine stories, half the time now, what it's scraping are transcripts from our show. Isn't that something? So no Paso Wine Wire this week. We got a ton going on in this episode. Now, coming up later in the show, we're going to meet a guy who could, well, play the piano, run a country, and apparently knew a thing or two about growing grapes here in Paso. Not necessarily those things in order, but Ignacio Jan Paterewski. You've heard us talking about it before. World famous concert pianist, the prime…

Speaker 2

Adam, good to see you.

Adam Montiel

I took you off the, you know, you were out in front in your chair. Very cool. And I got to thank you for the beautiful wedding gift. That bottle of wine is enormous.

Speaker 3

Well, I didn't get it for you. It's for Audrey.

Speaker names come from our own diarization. The position is estimated from where the line sits in the episode.

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